Publication Abstract

Establishing the UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership; reporting progress, future direction and design lessons.

P, Buckley*, K. Kennedy* and S. Dye*

This paper disseminates information to the coastal management community on the establishment and progress of the recently established United Kingdom, Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP). It is anticipated that the outputs of this partnership will be of practical use to coastal managers and that they will wish to take marine climate change into consideration in future programmes. 

The Secretariat for MCCIP has now been based at the UK Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) for almost two years. This paper reflects on progress to-date and communicates associated lessons learned.  Specifically, the following matters are considered; MCCIP background, aims and objectives; getting established – governance, decision-making and communicating scientific uncertainty; the Annual Report Card; marine climate change - the science base; dialogue and future steps.

Reference

P, Buckley*, K. Kennedy* and S. Dye* (2007) Establishing the UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership; reporting progress, future direction and design lessons. International Coastal Management Conference 2007, Institution of Civil Engineers.